Config

The pixelmon.cfg is a file containing numerous settings for Pixelmon. The file can be located by going to the Minecraft folder (accessible by clicking the "Open Game Dir" button on the Minecraft launcher's profile editor screen) and opening the "config" folder. The pixelmon.cfg file itself can be opened with a text editor such as Notepad or TextEdit. These settings can only be changed when the target world is not online.

Settings

AFK handler

The AFK handler is a system that automatically takes control of battling players that have not responded for an amount of time. Once the AFK handler takes over, the unresponsive player may resume control at any time.

Config setting	Description	Default value
AFK activation time length	The amount of time (in seconds) that a player can be unresponsive in battle before the AFK handler takes control.	90 seconds
AFK activation turn time	The amount of time that the AFK handler takes to make a move.	15 seconds
AFK handler active	Whether or not the AFK handler is enabled.	False

General

Config setting	Description	Default value
Allow capturing outside of battle	Whether or not players are allowed to throw Poké Balls and capture Pokémon outside of battle.	True
Allow crafting of Rare Candy	Whether or not players are allowed to craft Rare Candies.	True
Allow Gem boss drop	Whether or not Gems are dropped by Boss Pokémon.	False
Allow Gems to be crafted	Whether or not Gems can be crafted.	True
Allow PVP experience	Whether or not Pokémon can gain experience when battling other players.	True
Allow planting	Whether or not Apricorns can be planted by players. This does not remove existing Apricorn trees or prevent natural Apricorn tree generation.	True
Allow riding	Whether or not players can mount Pokémon.	True
Allow structures to spawn	Whether or not structures (Pokémon Centers and shrines) can spawn naturally.	True
Allow anvil auto-reloading	Anvil auto-reloading is when players can continue to hammer an item on an anvil and the item will automatically be taken and replaced with its unfinished version when finished (e.g., an iron base being obtained and replaced with an iron disc from the player's inventory), allowing players to continuously hammer stacks of items to completion.	False
Allow Pokémon nicknames	Whether or not the player can nickname owned Pokémon. This setting is client-side.	True
Allow vanilla mobs	Whether or not regular Minecraft mobs like cows and zombies can spawn naturally. This setting does not affect monster spawners or spawn eggs.	False
Bird shrines are reusable	Whether or not shrines can be used multiple times. Players will still have to acquired a new charged orb each time to use the shrine.	False
Cloning machines enabled	Whether or not cloning machines can be crafted and used. Disabling this setting prevents Mewtwo from being legitimately obtainable.	True
Have HM to ride	Whether or not a Pokémon has to know either Fly or Surf to be ridden. Most land mounts become unusable if this setting is enabled.	False
Must be opped to use spawners	Whether or not players have to be ops to edit Pixelmon spawners. If this option is disabled, any player in Creative mode can edit spawners.	True
Nameplate visible range modifier	How far away levels and names of Pokémon can be seen when outside of battle. This setting is client-side 1: Default (closest) 2: Farther 3: Far (furthest away)	1 (Default)
Pokémon drops enabled	Whether or not certain Pokémon can drop items upon defeat.	True
Print errors	If this option is enabled, any Pixelmon-related errors on a server will be printed to the server log in detail. If disabled, errors will be much shorter and less detailed.	False
Remove Minecraft music	Whether or not vanilla Minecraft music (not including music discs) can randomly play instead of Pixelmon music. This option is currently always enabled regardless of what it is set to in the config file.	True
Scale models up	If this option is enabled, Pokémon will be 30% larger than if the option was disabled.	True
Spawn bird shrines	Whether or not shrines can spawn naturally. If disabled, shrines that already exist can still be used.	True
Spin battle camera	Whether or not the camera rotates around the Pokémon combatants during battles.	True
Traders are reusable	Whether or not traders can be used multiple times. If disabled, traders will disappear after completing their trade offers.	False
Trainer rarity	How commonly NPC Trainers spawn naturally. This can be a value between 0 and 200, where 0 disables natural NPC Trainer spawning and 200 is the maximum possible spawn rate.	50
Wild Pokémon initiate battles	Whether or not aggressive wild Pokémon initiate battles against players.	True
Wild Pokémon can try and flee from battles	Whether or not Pokémon may attempt to flee from battle. The chance of attempting to flee is increased when the wild Pokémon is lower-leveled than the player's Pokémon or low on health. This setting unintentionally affects NPC Trainers as well.	False
Write entities to world save	Whether or not Pixelmon entities (such as naturally spawning Pokémon and NPC Trainers) are saved with the world. If enabled, the size of the world save file and the time needed to save the world increase.	False

Graphics

Config setting	Description	Default value
Enable smooth shading for Poké Balls	Whether or not Poké Balls use SMD normal maps in their models, making them appear smoother.	True
Enable smooth shading for Pokémon	Whether or not Pokémon use SMD normal maps in their models, making them appear smoother.	True
Render distance weight	A number that is multiplied to the default render distance (64) to produce a final render distance.	2
Use low-res textures	Whether or not Pokémon and Poké Balls use low-resolution (256 x 256) textures, making them appear less detailed.	False
Use original Pokémon textures for statues	Whether or not statues (spawned with the /pokespawn command) use the actual Pokémon textures and colors. If disabled, statues are always gray.	False